AHH Stray News: 50 Cent, Travis Barker, Jay-Z

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(AllHipHop News) 50 Cents Cheetah Vision Films started filming Love Me, Love Me Not, in West Michigan this week. According to Fox 17, 50s company is shooting the movie at Grand Valley State University football stadium in Allendale. According to reports, the movie centers around a football player who has been diagnosed with cancer. 50 Cent will return on Wednesday (February 17) to finish shooting the film. Shooting on the film will also take place for three more weeks in West Michigan starting in May.

Travis Barker has lined up a number of Hip-Hop heavyweights for his upcoming solo album. Spinner.com reports that Lil Wayne, Beanie Sigel, Swizz Beatz and The RZA will be featured on the album, which is an eclectic mix of Punk Rock, Hip-Hop, Electro and other genres of music. “I’m not singing or being an MC or anything, Barker said. Over the last five years, when Blink wasn’t around, I played a lot by myself or did a whole bunch of stuff with just me. Whether I was playing with T.I. or doing whatever, it just opened another world for me.” No release date was available for Barker’s album.

Jay-Z will headline the Wireless Festival in Londons Hyde Park this year for the second time in two years. Jay-Z, who was also the headline event for The Wireless Festival in 2008, will close the weekend festival on Sunday, July 4. The appearance at The Wireless Festival is part of a series of dates Jay-Z is slated to play in the UK this summer. On June 7, Jay-Z He will headline at the Manchester Arena, followed by a date at the Birmingham LG Arena on June 9.